When Elizur Goodrich Risley was born on 4 October 1822, in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States, his father, Elizur Risley, was 42 and his mother, Amelia Matson, was 41. He died on 3 July 1823, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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English: habitational name from Risley in Winwick (Lancashire), Risley (Derbyshire), Riseley (Bedfordshire), or Riseley Farm in Swallowfield (Berkshire). The placenames derive from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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